Showing posts with label Yahoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yahoo. Show all posts

Monday, November 25, 2013

Earthquake Updates Fall first heads after the scandal of the false statements on the HP CEO Scott Thompson

The head of Patty Hart, head of research that led to the selection of Scott Thompson has fallen a few hours ago. And maybe it is just the beginning of a chain reaction within the Yahoo! board after the scandal of fake CV Thompson.


Scott Thompson, former CEO of Yahoo!
The story deserves some attention. To understand it all goes traced from the beginning. That recently passed Yahoo! does no good if the deal is known to everyone. In 2009, the board had invited the founder Jerry Young to kindly put aside. Its management in the role of CEO was simply disastrous. A mix of lack of innovation and poor choices that led to the brink Yahoo!.
In its place, the members of the board had lowered the ace appointed Carol Bartz as CEO. Iron Lady, former CEO of Autodesk, a member of various boards of directors of Intel to Cisco. Mica by a little. Just to let you know what stuff we are talking about, Michael Arrington (founder of TechCrunh), during an interview that he had teased the wrong way, had reserved a garbatissimo "fuck you" abandoning their chat in half. Imagine it as well as she turns on her heel and gives the middle finger to his interlocutor inviting him to stick it in there.
Despite expectations, management Bartz did not shine more than that of Yang. The cure was worse than the disease. They say that in the two years at the helm of the giant of the web, the Bratz have done more damage than a hail storm in late spring. Someone took pity to pull the plug. On 6 September 2011, the iron lady received a phone call. The communicated at point-blank that she had been fired. Malicious say "fucking". The official versions, as you know, never coincide with the reality.
After a brief interim the board saw the light. Found in Scott Thompson, president of PayPal, the ideal candidate for the leadership of Yahoo! things would have turned out perfectly. If your curriculum vitae, the brilliant Scott had no false statement.
At the time of the appointment of Thompson many insiders had not taken it well. The new CEO did not convince. Not because he was incapable.Simply because someone would have preferred piazzarci a longtime friend.
're called games of strength. In spite of what some people believe, these things do not happen only in Italy. They say that someone named CEO had taken ill. They say that anyone had ever asked this underhand pass to X-ray the entire life of Scott to find every little crack helpful to open a chasm that could swallow.
The Americans know their stuff. If they want to kill you know how to do it without causing side effects. Let alone put in a poor cross Christ. A few days ago the curriculum Thompson arrived on the desk of someone this. A file with the word "TOP SECRET" and two or three lines highlighted in yellow. Two degrees. A never achieved. As in the comics: BOOOOOOOOM!!

First came the denials. Then he turned to all apologies to the person concerned that he dismissed the matter as a mere clerical error. Following an investigation was initiated to clarify the fuss that was unleashed. The hounds affairs have sgam that someone knew. The clean up has just begun. The head of Patty Hart, head of research that led to the selection of Scott Thompson, has fallen a few hours ago. They say why he wanted to concentrate on other matters relating to his role as CEO of International Game Technology. They say. The official versions, as you may have guessed, never coincide with the reality.

Post By: Chhoy Dany

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Yahoo! 7 closes other services. Marissa Mayer: "Our problem? Attracting users on our pages »

Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!
Yahoo! announced this morning, from the pages ofthe company's blog , soon there will be major changes to the product line offered to users. Marissa Mayer, the company's CEO and former Google employee , seems to have imported the "tradition" ofspring cleaning , used by the company of Larry Page to close at the beginning of each spring products that pull less.
The goal is to better focus the company on a restricted line of products related to the core business rather than keeping an active galaxy differentiated services to an average of little use. In recent years, Yahoo!, prominent name and symbol of the history of the network, is often found in troubled waters.
SCOTT THOMPSON - Former CEO of Yahoo! Done out of the board of Yahoo! after an anonymous email has put doubt on his two degrees.  A never achieved.
SCOTT THOMPSON - Former CEO of Yahoo! Done out of the board of Yahoo! after an anonymous email has put doubt on his two degrees. A never achieved.
After a slow decline and the recent embarrassment onqualifications retouched former CEO Scott Thompson, made ​​off in haste by the company, the parties to Yahoo! want to change gears by focusing only on a few essential items. At least, this would be the way that everyone hopes. Since the boom of the early 2000s, when the shares were traveling about $ 108, the company has lost more than 78% of its value.Today the shares are traded on the Nasdaq around 22 dollars. Online advertising collapsed. Devoured by Google. During an interview a few weeks ago Marissa Mayer stated: "we are making all possible efforts. The problem is only one. Attracting users on our pages. " And you think a little.
The services will be suspended are Yhaoo! Avatars app for BlackBerry, Clues, App Search, Yahoo! Sports IQ, Yahoo! Message Board, Yahoo! Updates API. All possible efforts will henceforth be invested only in core services including the Yahoo! portal, Yahoo! Mail and Flickr, that the latter had a new sprint after a long period of neglect. From the press release circulated today you can imagine, however, that cleaning does not end here. "We encourage our users to ask their questions on Yahoo! Answers and discuss the news on Yahoo! News." Which translated means alone, let us see if it is still worthwhile to keep them standing. The closures will take effect from April 1 for all the products mentioned, except for Bees Updates will be permanently closed on April 16.

Yahoo! ready to shell out $ 1.1 billion for Tumblr

Yahoo buys Tumblr for $ 1.1 billion.

David Karp, founder of Tumblr.
Since Marissa Mayer took the leadership of Yahoo! , pace of feminism wildest, put everyone in line. The historical mark of the web, after going through a period not very happy, he is slowly trying to get back on track. The actions in the last year rose by 74.59% . Today traveling on the 26.52 dollars.Close to those of Facebook, quoted 26.52 dollars.Billion light years from those of Google , now unattainable to 909.18 dollars. A significant gap that should make it clear what is the weight and importance of Mountain View than the other two giants of the Web
Returning to the theme of acquisitions last year to the fearsome Facebook blew Instagram (not that much) Twitter. Dick Costolo, CEO of the popular microblogging platform, offered just 500 measly million dollars.Zuckerberg doubled. He put on the plate in a billion. Kevin Systrom, needless to say, he signed with his eyes closed.
At the time, the comments on the insane amount paid by Facebook abounded. A billion dollars were and remain objectively too. I wonder if, given the results decidedly unexciting , dear Mark do it again.
Marissa Mayer, however, today struck all the balls and literally shows its male counterparts. As a reminder, we are there too of Yahoo! and provides $ 1.1 billion in cash for Tumblr. Forget the news itself. Let's make another speech. What creative financing.
When someone will notice the disconnect between financial value and the actual value of these trinkets will jump all over again from the chair as in 2000. Just a shame that today is not 2000. We are much, much, much worse. Even subprime mortgages seemed like a genius. Swelled the financial prospects of the major American investment banks with dizzying numbers. At least on paper. Until someone SGAMO the catch. In 2006, the subprime have caused the onset of the worst financial crisis of all time.That, so to speak, where we happily reeling without seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
But you know. Everything is all over the Web is always cool and everything nice. And then we toast to Tumblr. $ 1.1 billion. All so exciting.All so great. That looks like so much to the nth folly.

Summly and the other side of the story behind the purchase millionaire Yahoo!

The story of Nick D'Aloisio: Is there any truth behind the story of the "little genius" of Summly sold to Yahoo for $ 30 million.

Nick D'Aloisio, 17 years. Founder, Summly, an iPhone app acquired by Yahoo! for $ 30 million.
Many have heard of Summly . It 'an app for iOS based on an artificial intelligence engine that automatically extracts from a very long text is a summary of sense in just 400 characters. The founder is Nick D'Aloisio , 17 years.
When in March Summly Yahoo! bought for $ 30 million, the international press has shouted yet another miracle birth of fervent mythology that has developed around the technology startups. The basic requirements in order for a story like that makes a noise and take root in public opinion are always the same. A garage, a little boy with so much optimism, an app that any do something (no matter what) and especially a mountain of green bucks, the result of a sale to some of the Web giant, to crown the happy ending of the story.
Purchase of Summly has not been told everything. Or maybe the whole thing have it sold edulcorando the pill just enough to give him a certain aura of mysticism useful for completely different purposes. The crisis bites even on the other side of the ocean. The technology startups are no longer the goose that lays the golden eggs as many have tried to make us believe.Burn large amounts of capital. The return is never granted. The bubbles are born in America and explode with devastating effect in the world. But until you hear a bang to the moon, it is necessary that the "system" continues to pretend that everything is going as if nothing had happened.
The young Nick D'Aloisio is always mentioned with the surname of the mother. But in fact the full name of the little genius is Nicholas D'Aloisio Montilla. The father of the boy is Lou Montilla . And ' vice president ofcommodities trading business of Morgan Stanley.
The technology of artificial intelligence upon which Summly not invented D'Aloisio. It 'owned by SRI International , a colossus who work in research and development, who just happens "has worked closely with the team of Summly to create the application" . If you missed the video presentation of Summly circulating on the web, D'Aloisio appears next to a gentleman who maybe in a few you recognize. And ' Stephen Fry , popular actor best known in England which, incidentally, has also invested in Summly.
If all this were not enough to resize the miracle of the small D'Aloisio there's more. Much more. Prior to orbit the galaxy Yahoo!, behind Summly was already Horizon Ventures , a giant that operates in the U.S. venture capital industry for twenty years. And among the angels investors and advisors of Summly far unknown characters include: Aviv Nevo (venture capitalists and major shareholder of Time Warner),Joshua Kushner (founder of the investment firm Thrive Capital), Matt Mullenweg (founder of WordPress), Joanna Shields (CEO of Tech City Investment Organization), Mark Pincus (founder of Zynga), Brian Chesky (Airbnb CEO), Shakil Khan (head of special projects at Spotify),Troy Carter (CEO of Coalition Media Group) , Ashton Kutcher (for gossip lovers, ex-husband of Demi Moore, but also investor), Yoko Ono(yes - you read that right - Yoko Ono, the wife of John Lennon century) and many others. In short, this "garage" , it was quite busy. The company of those who at seventeen years old are not drinking orange juice in the locker room of the football school in the country.
A look at the page of the ' Executive Team of Summly and here catches your eye prominent names. From the Chairman, Bart Swanson who previously held the position of managing director of EMI Music, COO of Badoo, executive Amazon and a lot more.
Translated into practical terms means that Summly there were some capital and channels to gain visibility. Summly seems to be not so much just the sensational story that we've all heard. What has developed this little genius D'Aloisio if, according to what is stated on the website, the heart of the application has been produced by CSR and development for iOS was followed by Somo Group and Caffeinehit is a mystery of faith. Someone has also ironically called the "Kim Kardashian of the geek world" .
If you're wondering why Yahoo! has spent $ 30 million for Summly, perhaps the answer may be simple. Yahoo! is sinking into a quagmire.Marissa Mayer is trying all the to revive the faded image of the portal.Acquire Summly has been more of an image than substance. As if to say, we are still able to make investments. A garage, a boy and $ 30 million, of which 90% is paid in cash. The miracle of the American dream that is renewed in the same way as always. It 's time to start believing a little' less.

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Yahoo traffic exceeds that of Google in the USA

Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo.
Yahoo beats Google for the third month in a row in the United States. According to a report by comScore in September 2013, the galaxy of Yahoo sites was visited by 197.8 million unique visitors compared to 191.4 million at Google. Yahoo has exceeded the competitor even in the months of July and August. It did not happen by May 2011.
Nevertheless Yahoo still makes it hard to monetize their traffic. eMarketer estimates that Google's revenue for 2013 will rise to 38.8 billion dollars while Yahoo will exceed those of just over 3.63 billion.